Cops quiz teen in N. Side rob attempt, stabbing

July 23, 2009

Police were questioning a 16-year-old boy suspected of trying to rob two men and of stabbing one of them in a fight after the robbery attempt in the Rogers Park neighborhood.

A 16-year-old boy approached two men, one in his 40s, one in his 50s, about 8 p.m. Wednesday in an alley in the 7300 block of North Rogers Avenue, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer JoAnn Taylor. The boy tried to rob the two men, and the man in his 40s fought with him; the other man was then stabbed, Taylor said.

The male victim may have been stabbed in Pottawattomie Park, 7340 N. Rogers Ave., police said earlier. The 16-year-old was arrested after a brief foot chase and was being questioned at the Belmont Detective Area headquarters, Taylor said.

The victim was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was listed in serious condition, Taylor said.